Rodent bites are infrequently reported in the medical literature. A rodent bite usually occurs only to individuals with sensory impairment. Rodent saliva can introduce fatal bacterial infections (rat-bite fever, leptospirosis or scrub typhus). We report a case of rodent bite in a patient suffering from post-traumatic quadriplegia.
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